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12 de may. de 2024 · One person who did not attend the screenings, either in New York or later in Los Angeles, was Christina Crawford, the author of the book Mommie Dearest, on which the movie was based.
6 de may. de 2024 · Published on May 6, 2024 03:45PM EDT. 'With Love, Mommie Dearest' by A. Ashley Hoff. Photo: Chicago Review Press; Atila Sikora. Joan Crawford was an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age, beloved until...
8 de may. de 2024 · Starring Oscar winner Faye Dunaway as Oscar winner Joan Crawford, the movie adaptation of a memory by Crawford’s adopted daughter, Christina, was intended to be a serious drama. An...
11 de may. de 2024 · When his wife Anne Bancroft was still in the running to play Joan Crawford, ... Today Jonathan Zimbert and Ileen Maisel are ... retold often, by everyone from Frank Yablans to Christina Crawford.
27 de abr. de 2024 · T he legends of Hollywood’s golden age appeared unreal by design, but when Christina Crawford, the oldest of Joan Crawford’s four adopted children, revealed the gruesome reality in her 1978 bombshell, Mommie Dearest, no amount of airbrushing would ever restore the George Hurrell–like veneer to the polished surface.
6 de may. de 2024 · It was based on the 1978 memoir of the same name by Christina Crawford, one of Joan's five adopted children. But it ended up unintentionally drawing laughs instead of pathos, enshrining it as a...
7 de may. de 2024 · Christina Crawford’s book was an immediate bestseller, addressing the infrequently discussed topic of child abuse. When Paramount Pictures released the film, starring Faye Dunaway as Crawford, it was critically panned, and remains one of the most legendary critical bombs in film history.
